People of Antigua have two very, very strange habits (in addition to praying at the start of business meetings that is). The first is a somewhat bizzare obsession with fingernails. The longer the better. The more brightly painted the better. In fact yesterday a colleague jealously told me about a lady she knows who has finger nails on her left hand that are so long that they actually curl completely under.

Ew gross.

The second strange habit is a seemingly uncontrolable desire to finish each others sentences. I have noticed this predominately among the men and it makes conversations very interesting.

Have you ever sung along to a song that you don’t quite know all the words to? Same idea, the first half of the word is mumbled, the last half is blurted out at three times the normal speed (they have to beat you to finish after all). I would say that about 60% of the time the blurted part is right. The rest of the time I really have a hard time supressing a giggle.